Privacy

Rights and expectations

Australia has relatively strong legislative privacy protection for individuals. Yet the public generally does not know to what extent privacy law protects them, or just what is considered private. As a rule of thumb people misunderstand that privacy law primarily regulates the collection, sharing and security of personal information.

Investigateway the website was started in 2000 as a hobby by Michael Hessenthaler, a retired private investigator who had been a PI for more than 30 years. Michael is now retired and despite advancing age, he likes to keep his finger on the pulse (no, not his own pulse!).